Cannot get printer to work on Windows Vista Home Basic

Lexmark X73 All-in-one printer--I can't get my printer to install properly on my Dell with Vista--I get notice that it cannot communicate--have followed all the prompts--uninstall & reinstall with USB cable unplugged at least 4 times--any help will be greatly appreciated.---previously had this printer set-up on windows xp

The disc you have is not compatible with Vista - They never considered that users would end up having this many issues with their wonderful software. You need to download the driver from their website for your model this is the currect updated version. Follow this link:

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Hello, I believe the printer works
with Windows XP and Windows 2000
only but there is no available
driver for Windows Vista. I
visited the Lexmark website to
verify it. Just click on this link if you want to check it out for yourself. http://bit.ly/cQqZbz . Click on the dropdown for Microsoft at the bottom of the page. You'll only see drivers for Windows XP and Windows 2000 only. I hope that would explain why it won't work with your Vista.

One, try installing printer without the XP driver. Lexmark may have provided a quailifying driver with Vista hardware setup wizard. If it does not work or wizard cannot locate a driver, try the XP driver.

Beyond this, you may have to talk to tech support at Lexmark or repost here for another expert.

Hi,The all in one solution software you used in XP doesn't work fully with Vista.

But you can still scan and copy by using Windows Photo Gallery.

1. Click on files tab at the top in Window Photo Gallery.
2. Click on import from camera or scanner.
3. Highlight your scanner icon (ie Lexmark X73) then click import.
4. New scan window will popup, now you can preview or scan using this basic looking Vista utility.

I read the Lexmark guide. It says that to began printing, you must remove a sticker and a transparent tape from the bottom of the ink cartridges. My question is " how do I remove the cartridges to check to see if the cartridges are correct"?